Le Tour De France Opening Ceremony

Made a stop over at Trafalgar Square after work earlier this evening to watch the Opening Ceremony of the Tour De France. For the first time in the Tour's history, London will host the Le Grand Depart, which includes the Opening Ceremony and the Prologue Race. Stage 1 of the race will start from Central London and end in Canterbury.

The weather, which was a total letdown this week, was surprisingly cooperative this evening. The sun was peeking out from the clouds and it was just the perfect opening ceremony anyone could hope for.

The highlight of the opening ceremony was the introduction of the various teams and the cyclists. Here's one of the crowd favourite, Great Britain's very own son, Bradley Wiggins.


Team Milram from Italy, headed by Alessandro Petacchi. Loved the baby blue jerseys.

Team Discovery Channel - living in Lance Armstrong's shadow

Team Euskaltel-Euskadi. A Spanish team, mostly climbing specialists

Team T-mobile making their way to the stage in Trafalgar Sqaure where they are introduced to the crowd.

This cheeky chap has got his admirers - stopping to steal a kiss from the crowd. Bet this is something he wouldn't dare try when the race starts.

The great Tour de France Sale. Everything must go.

This is gonna be one exciting weekend.